Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 66 mm (w) x

measuring 66 mm (w) x 74 mm (h

two hooks on the reverse)

This particular example is completely untouched and as found

a Landesverband Hessen badge

that he belonged to an active militia

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 66 mm (w) x(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTEIM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL